books by Warren Bennis     books:       Transparency: How Leaders Create a Culture of Candor (J-B Warren Bennis Series)8 reviews Warren Bennis, Daniel Goleman, ... Jossey-Bass, 2008 Good Book that should find its way into the New White House as REQUIRED Reading The three essays in this book should be read by everyone in a leadership or managererial role. THe authors point out ways to create culture's of candor - open, honest, and forthright organizations - something that has been getting more rare as time goes on. Personally I believe that this book should be on the required reading list for eah and every member of the new Obama Administration. I ...             Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls19 reviews Noel M. Tichy, Warren G. Bennis Portfolio Hardcover, 2007 A very useful framework for thinking through judgment and leadership If you are a manager who wants to develop the skills of executive management, this book is for you. The authors provide a methodology that is not simple, but still quite understandable. It would be ideal for a course of MBA or Executive MBA students wanting to get a framework for decision making. The book has 13 chapters and then a handbook. The handbook is designed to help you take the ...             The Age of Heretics: A History of the Radical Thinkers Who Reinvented Corporate Management (J-B Warren Bennis ...9 reviews Art Kleiner Jossey-Bass, 2008 Inquiry and Inquisition Never judge a book by its cover - particularly its blurb. On first glance, The Age of Heretics seems askew, a tract on business revolution for "corporate leaders" interested in anything but. It purportedly chronicles the "recreation" of institutions, an eccentric term when left unhyphenated. It's described in alarming code words, such as "magisterial" (read, "long"). Why would anyone bother ...             Learning to Lead: A Workbook on Becoming a Leader11 reviews Warren Bennis Basic Books, 2003 Great resource for leaders! This workbook is filled with excellent ideas and exercises for leaders at all levels, and for those who aspire to be leaders. I use it extensively with my consulting and coaching practice. My clients really love it!             The Leadership Moment: Nine True Stories of Triumph and Disaster and Their Lessons for Us All17 reviews Michael Useem Three Rivers Press, 1999 Great leadership stories! As part of an assignment for a Leadership/Small Group Communication course, I was directed to select the book of my choice from an Amazon book search under the topic of leadership. After poring through the descriptions of just a few of the 116,000 books in this category, I quickly identified the type of book I was looking for. I wanted something less academic/theoretical and more real life. I ...             Organizing Genius27 reviews Warren Bennis, Patricia Ward Biederman Basic Books, 1998 Successful Structures for Super Team Perfomance This is an informative book on leadership qualities and insights by Warren Bennis, who is a distinguished professor of business administration at USC, and who has also advised at least four presidents. Bennis discusses four organizations that were able to combine incredibly gifted people in such a synergy as to create hitherto unknown super-accomplishments: Walt Disney Studios with the first ...             Up the Organization: How to Stop the Corporation from Stifling People and Strangling Profits (J-B Warren ...19 reviews Robert C. Townsend, Warren Bennis Jossey-Bass, 2007 A truly polemical business classic that retains its sharp edge 30 years on This is a reprint edition of the classic business text by Robert Townsend. While it is largely like the original 1970 edition, it also includes material from the 1971 paperback version. Townsend made his biggest mark as CEO of Avis Rent-a-Car and the famous "We Try Harder" slogan. He became an early business media star and his sharp observations and criticisms of fat-cat management resonated ...             On Becoming a Leader/Audio Cassettes31 reviews Warren Bennis, Robert Townsend Not Avail, 1991 On Becoming A Leader In my book and audio book, Managing Thought: How Do Your Thoughts Rule Your World?, I mention that my teachings represent thousands of years of wisdom from many roads -- business, psychology, neurology, biology, chemistry, physics, metaphysics, and spiritual teachings. On Becoming a Leader by Warren Bennis is a timeless book was of particular influence to me early in my business career. Bennis ...             Resolving Conflicts at Work: Eight Strategies for Everyone on the Job Kenneth Cloke, Joan Goldsmith Jossey-Bass, 2005 Here is a completely updated edition of the best-selling Resolving Conflicts at Work. This definitive and comprehensive work provides a handy guide for resolving conflicts, miscommunications, and misunderstandings at work and outlines the authors? eight strategies that show how the inevitable disputes and divisions in the workplace actually provide an opportunity for greater creativity, productivity, enhanced morale, and personal growth. This ...             Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge (Collins Business Essentials)3 reviews Warren G. Bennis, Burt Nanus Collins Business, 2003 A Great One! Of all the books I have read on leadership, I will have to put this one in the top five. Bennis and Nanus have masterly laid out the essential principles of leaders and have also substantiated them with poignant examples. Their revision is greatly welcome by those of us who enjoy reading leadership literature. I highly recommend this book.             Leaders: Strategies for Taking Charge6 reviews Warren Bennis, Burt Nanus HarperBusiness, 1997 great book, unmatched This book is great for anyone who wants to find a compelling vision for their company. Rich with anecdotes and better organized than "On Becoming A Leader," this book provides the essential ingredients on what it takes to be a courageous, innovative leader, not just a manager. I also recommend John Gardner's On Leadership             Douglas McGregor, Revisited: Managing the Human Side of the Enterprise6 reviews Gary Heil, Warren Bennis, ... Wiley, 2000 Irresistible Retrospective on Managers Lacking Introspection When I was in business school (back in the Dark Ages), McGregor was considered the finest thinker about organizational behavior. He grasped that behavioral science offered great promise for making organizations more effective and more desirable places to be. Everyone was excited about the potential of his assumptions about people in the workplace: Employees want to do a good job; they will ...             Managing People is Like Herding Cats: Warren Bennis on Leadership7 reviews Warren Bennis Executive Excellence Publishing, 1999 Also, Herding Cats Is Like Managing Transitions Apparently another reviewer agrees with Ecclesiastes that there is nothing new under the sun and I agree with both of them. There is nothing new in this book nor does Bennis make that claim. He has observed that this book offers his last and best comments on the subject of leadership. In it, he has assembled his best ideas from a number of previous books he authored or co-authored. Let us all ...             The Future of Leadership: Today's Top Leadership Thinkers Speak to Tomorrow's Leaders4 reviews Thomas Cummings Jossey-Bass, 2001 Great edition of diverse thinking on leadership This work is a tribute to Warren Bennis, a celebration of his career. In praising him, he challenged those around him to address issues that continue to interest and perplex him. And, despite his years of experience and two million books of his own in print, the questions that remain are often simple and profound. Answering these questions are top researchers, professors, commentators and ...             Harvard Business Review on Developing Leaders (Harvard Business Review Paperback Series)1 review Chris Argyris, Warren G. Bennis, ... Harvard Business School Press, 2004 Great Product Product in GREAT condition as described. Very fast shipping!! Will do business with again!!             Leading for a Lifetime: How Defining Moments Shape Leaders of Today and Tomorrow2 reviews Warren G. Bennis, Robert J. Thomas Harvard Business School Press, 2007 "Crucibles" That Create Exceptional Leaders of All Ages Note: This is a revised and updated reissue of Warren G. Bennis and Robert J. Thomas' previously published Geeks & Geezers. The review that follows is of that book whose insights are essentially the same in the reissue. I have read all and reviewed most of the books which Bennis has authored or co-authored. My opinion is that this is the most thought-provoking as yet produced by the ...             The Contrarian's Guide to Leadership31 reviews Steven B. Sample, Warren Bennis Jossey-Bass, 2001 You Are What You Read You have two options for learning about USC President Steven Sample's "contrarian's guide to leadership." Option #1: Join 40 juniors and seniors at the University of Southern California for Sample's popular spring course, "The Art and Adventure of Leadership," co-taught by Warren Bennis, global leadership guru and author. You'll study 20 historical and contemporary leaders, read 1,000 pages on ...             Co-Leaders: The Power of Great Partnerships3 reviews David A. Heenan, Warren G. Bennis, ... John Wiley & Sons, 2000 The Right CEO and COO Pairings Can Accomplish More The title of this book is a little misleading. I assumed that the book was about co-CEOs, something that is usually a disaster waiting to happen. In fact, the book is about partnerships of complementary talents where one person is willing to work hard out of the limelight. Not all of the examples are business examples either. The authors also look at Chairman Mao and Chou En-lai, President ...             Why Leaders Can't Lead: The Unconscious Conspiracy Continues4 reviews Warren Bennis Jossey-Bass, 1997 One of the most exciting books I have ever read! Warren Bennis has a talent for being able to see and articulate the "big picture" problems that are plaguing the majority of organizations today. He uses many, many examples to show cause and effect relationships between poor leadership and organizational health. He is an outspoken fan of creativity, vision, trust and momentum within the work force and exegetic in his treatment of ...             The Power of Truth: A Leading with Emotional Intelligence Conversation with Warren Bennis Daniel Goleman, Warren Bennis Macmillan Audio, 2006 Introducing an Important New Series of Original Audiobooks:             The ideas expressed in Emotional Intelligence ten years ago have taken on a life of their own. They spurred a movement, with enthusiastic adherents in the business world, in medicine and healthcare, at home, in the field of education and the world at large. 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